How many times a day do you beat Solitaire? - Page 2

Pete Zicato · 05-21-2011, 10:55 PM

I beat solitaire like a red-headed stepchild.

Sometimes.

Flint · 05-22-2011, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Pico and ME

I usually just play until I win and then maybe a few more times after that until I win again and then I might finally give up, unless I want to win just one more time.

This is pretty much how I do it. I will add that, later that day, even knowing that I've already won several times, it is possible that I might allow myself to play just a little more. When, to my surprise, I win again, I am often stumped as to what to do next. Sometimes I play again just to ease the shock.

wolf · 05-22-2011, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Wolf, do you play with actual cards, or on the computer? Before computer, I used to play a lot of Canfield and Scorpion.

Android phone, free app called 250+ Solitaire Games.

I love Scorpion, never tried to play it with real cards, moving the piles seems like such a hassle when you have to tidy them up every time you move them, but it's MADE for computer play.

I am also a big Canfield fan.

I worked my way through the Solitaire section of Hoyle's Rules of Card Games when I was a kid stuck in bed with pneumonia.

I haven't found addiction solitaire or accordion yet, but I'im sure they're in there somewhere ... I mean 250+ different solitaires, they have to be in the batch, right?

kerosene · 05-23-2011, 05:06 PM

Isn't addiction also called Montana? Or am I thinking of a different one?

Pico and ME · 05-25-2011, 01:39 PM

I started wondering if I could improve my FreeCell win percentage, because basically when I play, a lot of times I dont give it my full attention, and I usually play really fast.

Well so far so good....

monster · 05-25-2011, 07:54 PM

i just don't play it. am I a freak?

wolf · 05-25-2011, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by kerosene

Isn't addiction also called Montana? Or am I thinking of a different one?

Montana is on my phone, seems very similar, except that it's played 6 to K instead of with a full deck. I have a strong preference for playing with a full deck ...

The stripped deck version does make wins more likely, and it seems to have unlimited redeals, which I kind of remember having a four redeal limit.

Now I just have to find Accordion.

And that one where you want to have only the Aces left that I can never remember the name of ... might be Aces Up. (not on the phone under that name. But Agnes Bernauer is pretty cool).

Gravdigr · 05-26-2011, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

i just don't play it. am I a freak?

Of course you are. But not cuz o' solitaire.

kerosene · 05-26-2011, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Montana is on my phone, seems very similar, except that it's played 6 to K instead of with a full deck. I have a strong preference for playing with a full deck ...

The stripped deck version does make wins more likely, and it seems to have unlimited redeals, which I kind of remember having a four redeal limit.

Now I just have to find Accordion.

And that one where you want to have only the Aces left that I can never remember the name of ... might be Aces Up. (not on the phone under that name. But Agnes Bernauer is pretty cool).

I see. The Montana on my phone is full deck with only 4 redeals. I played that game for a while until it just pissed me off, so I switched to a different version.

wolf · 05-27-2011, 09:57 AM

6 to King is more winnable.

There is also a "Big Montana" in my list, which is a double deck version.

And something called Big Black Carpet which uses only the black cards.

Flint · 06-04-2012, 04:50 PM

New Cellar Challenge:

Beat Solitaire, beat Solitaire again--before the cards clear from the first time (seen below on dual monitors).

Ibby · 06-06-2012, 12:38 PM

I play Eight Off on my phone, but not very often anymore. I'm a crosswords sort of gal.
That and Doom.

wolf · 06-07-2012, 11:59 AM

By "Doom" do you mean the ID software game? I love that game. A lot. Played it through a couple of times, back when it was new.

infinite monkey · 06-07-2012, 12:47 PM

ID software...didn't they do the Commander Keen series?

I love those old games.

And all the Aveyonds too.

BigV · 06-07-2012, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

By "Doom" do you mean the ID software game? I love that game. A lot. Played it through a couple of times, back when it was new.

Indeed. In fact, I still have my original distribution discs (three 3.5" discs) here. Awesome game.

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05-21-2011, 10:55 PM	#16
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	I beat solitaire like a red-headed stepchild. Sometimes. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

05-25-2011, 01:39 PM	#20
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I started wondering if I could improve my FreeCell win percentage, because basically when I play, a lot of times I dont give it my full attention, and I usually play really fast. Well so far so good.... Attached Images

05-25-2011, 07:54 PM	#21
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	i just don't play it. am I a freak? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-27-2011, 09:57 AM	#25
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	6 to King is more winnable. There is also a "Big Montana" in my list, which is a double deck version. And something called Big Black Carpet which uses only the black cards. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-23-2011, 05:06 PM	#19
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Isn't addiction also called Montana? Or am I thinking of a different one?

06-04-2012, 04:50 PM	#26
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	New Cellar Challenge: Beat Solitaire, beat Solitaire again--before the cards clear from the first time (seen below on dual monitors). Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-06-2012, 12:38 PM	#27
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	I play Eight Off on my phone, but not very often anymore. I'm a crosswords sort of gal. That and Doom. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

06-07-2012, 11:59 AM	#28
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	By "Doom" do you mean the ID software game? I love that game. A lot. Played it through a couple of times, back when it was new. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-07-2012, 12:47 PM	#29
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	ID software...didn't they do the Commander Keen series? I love those old games. And all the Aveyonds too.

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